In service of education
Egged Tourism and Travel is a veteran leader that provides educational travel services to Israel's education system. The company has been active for the past 50 years
Its content development department provides an inclusive range of services to schools across Israel, including age appropriate content programs, qualified instructors and tour guides who are experienced with children and youths, professional drivers, medics and security guards as necessary. The services also include renting a bus with a professional driver, organized room and board, as well as coordinating entry to cultural and social sites and centers.
Educational content development for all ages
In recent years, Egged Tourism and Travel is doing some rethinking and developing innovative and up to date content for annual school trips and for all other activities outside schools. The content programs were developed in collaboration with the Israel Youth Hostel Association and the guides and instructors are experienced professionals who are driven by quality and values.
All the Egged Tourism and Travel content programs include interactive activities, pre-trip guidance, creating student assignments and thinking circles.
Among the content programs:
"Connections" – trips for meaningful education
Programs for 13-18-year old, based on values driven by the education system. The program relays these values to the students through deep involvement and activities, delivered in relevant, modern and current language.
"Two-day connections" Programs for 13-18-year old which includes relevant content programs for each age group, for schools interested in conducting an activity that lasts two days. The program topics include boundaries and limitations, sustainability, Israeli mosaics and roots.
"Fundamental connections" The program is designed for elementary schools, aiming to interconnect with the core curriculum for science education and the Jewish-Israeli cultural program. The program integrates significant learning tools and was designed by executives and teachers.
Committed to your peace of mind
The teams that accompany the children on trips meet the strictest standards set forth by Egged and in the instructions circular distributed by the Director General of the Ministry of Education.
The bus fleet in the service of the education department includes safe and comfortable, upgraded modern buses.
The content development department runs a logistic support center around the clock, responding to teachers, school principals and parents, anytime anywhere.
Summer camp programs
The department operates summer camp programs that benefit from dozens of years of experience gained from the well-reputed Egged summer camps, for leading companies, such as: Rafael, Intel, the Ministry of Health and others.
The summer camps content programs include: campus camps that expose children to the worlds of science and knowledge, camp on wheels and more.
The Egged Tourism and Travel summer camp programs are available to companies and organizations which are interested in combining activities for children as part of their welfare and HR activities.